Trouser-supporting device



Dec. 25, 19221 i 1,696,809

' J. w. MEIKLEJOHN TROUSER SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Sept. 22, 1927Patented Dec. 25, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOHN W MEIKLEJOHN, 0F PAWTUCKET, RHOIDE ISLAND.

TROUSER SUPPOR-TING DEVICE.

Application filed September This invention'relates to certain new anduseful improvements in trousers supporting device, and the primaryobject thereof is to provide an improved device for enabling use ofsuspenders under the shirt as distin guished from over the shirt, insupporting the trousers.

The invention further aims to provide a device of this type which is ofsimple and economical construction, which can be easily and quicklyapplied to and removed from the trousers and which is reliably andeffectively secured to the trousers.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a sideelevation of one form of the inventionapplied to the inside of trousers, the latter shown in fragment;

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1 and Figure 8 and Figure 4 areside elevations of modified forms of the invention.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a strip ofmaterial 1, which may be formed of celluloid, is provided and which hasa forked upper end 2 to receive the fastener of the trouser button 3,thelatter being on the inside of the trousers at the belt line. A fabricloop 1 is secured to the member 1 and is formed to engage over thebutton 3 thereby to ho] d the upper end of the member 1 in position andwith the said upper end of the latter disposed between the button3 andthe inner face of the trousers T. A tape 5 secured by stitching G orother suitable fastening means to the lower end of the member 1 at apoint between the ends of the tape whereby it will be seen that thelower end 7 of the tape projects below the lower end of the member 1.Suspender engaging button 9 is secured to the upper end of the tape 5while a buttonhole 8 is formed in the lower projecting end 7 of the tapethe butt-onhole 8 being formed to engage a button 10 that is sewed tothe trousers beneath. the usual buttons 3 thereof. As is well known,there are buttons 3 which are on opposite sides of the trousers and alsoat the rear of the trousers so that in use, after the members 1 havebeen applied to the trousers, the sides and also the back of the shirtare engaged between the parts 1 and 5 so that the latter is on theinside of the shirt. The suspender ends are then attached to the buttons9. The parts 1 and 5 thus form pockets in which the sides and back ofthe shirt are in- 22, 1927. Serial No. 221,294.

sorted and held firmly in place, preventing the shirt from working outover the top edge of the trousers.

In Figure 3, a modified form of the inven tion is disclosed in which themember 1 corresponding to the member 1 in Figure 1, is formed ofY-shaped to engage two buttons. The tape 5 is similar to the tape 5 inFigure 1, the only difference being that the member 1 is held at itsupper end at two points, as distinguished from the single pointanchorage thereof in Figure 1. i

In Figure 4,.the strip 1 is similar to the strip 1 in Figure 1 and whichhas a short strip 10 stitched thereto at 11.

A. Y-shapcd fabric member 12 is provided which has a buttonhole 13 toengage a button 14- at the upper end of the strip 10 so that theY-shaped member 12 can be readily removed as may he desired. In thisform of the invention, suspender engaging buttons 15 are applied to theupper ends of the arms of the Y-shape'd member 12 so that the suspenderis engaged in the usual way at wo spaced points as distinguished fromthe placement of each of the usual buttonholes of the tabs or suspenderends to the single button 9 of Figures 1, 2 and 3. I

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a trousers supporting device, a flexible strip having a forkedupper end to engage a trousers button and the fastener of said button, afabric loop carried by the strip formed to engage over the button so asto hold the strip in position, and a fabric tape secured between itsends to the strip and having its lower end extending below the strip andformed with a buttonhole to engage a second button on the trousers, saidtape having a suspender-engaging button on its upper end. I

2. In a trousers supporter, a Y-shaped member having forked upper endsto engage trousers buttons and their fasteners, and a tape securedbetween its ends to the member and having a suspender engaging button atits top, the tape having a buttonhole at its lower end to engage atrousers button.

3. In a trousers supporter, a member, means to secure the top of themember to a trousers button,'and a tape secured to the member betweenits ends, the tape having a Suspender engaging button at its top end andhaving its bottom end extending below the member and formed with abuttonhole to engage a trousers button thereby to hold the member at itsl lower end.

4. In a trousers supporter, a member, means to secure the member at itsupper portion to a trousers button, means to secure the lower portion ofthe member to the trousers, and a tape, secured at its lower end to saidmember and projecting upwardly therefrom and having its upper end freeand provided with a suspender engaging button.

5. In a trousers supporter, a member, means to secure the member to atrousers button, a tape secured between its ends to the member andhaving a suspender engaging button at its top and having its lower endprojecting below the member, and means to attach the said lower end ofthe tape to the trousers thereby to hold the lower portion of theme1nber in position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN W. MEIKLEJOHN.

